The Social World of Luke-Acts
The Social World of Luke-Acts

Author: Jerome H. Neyrey

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781565635128

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"This enormously useful volume presents a 'world' of information and theoretical perspectives that have become indispensable for contextual exegesis of Luke-Acts. The authors of this fascinating and well-planned book are seasoned and trustworthy guides into the world inhabited by Luke and his first readers. These provocative articles provide the commentary reader of Luke-Acts with mighty tools for creating first-century scenarios that reveal significantly new dimensions of Luke's cutting edges." " S. Scott Bartchy, associate professor of Early Christian History, U.C.L.A. "This is clearly the best collection of articles available from the New Testament scholars employing methods of interpretation from cultural anthropology. The writers introduce a wide range of innovative models to unravel the culture of the Biblical world. They offer the first comprehensive analysis of a single New Testament text from the perspective of the social sciences. This highly readable volume will be essential for anyone eager to experience the flood of insights coming from recent social study of the New Testament." " David Rhoads, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels
The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1134757654

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The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels provides the reader with a set of possible scenarios for reading the New Testament: How did first-century persons think about themselves and others? Did they think Jesus was charismatic?

Women, Class, and Society in Early Christianity
Women, Class, and Society in Early Christianity

Author: James Malcolm Arlandson

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Often scholars and students of the New Testament view women as if they all existed at the same social, political, and economic level. Rather, women in antiquity could be found anywhere along the spectrum of society, from voiceless slave to wealthy landowner. An indispensable work for understanding the variegated nature of women in the ancient world and the gospel s impact upon them.

The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts
The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts

Author: Guy D. Nave

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9789004126947

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This book explores the central function of the concept "repentance" in the narrative structure and implied social world of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and provides an excellent synthesis and analysis of the usage of "repent" and "repentance" in Classical, Hellenistic, Hellenistic Jewish, and early Christian literature. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Understanding the Social World of the New Testament
Understanding the Social World of the New Testament

Author: Dietmar Neufeld

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-10-29

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1135263000

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The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly from the ancient Mediterranean one in which it was written. It is imperative to develop a cross-cultural understanding of the values of the ancient Mediterranean society from which the New Testament arose in order to fully appreciate the documents and the communities that they represent. Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris bring together biblical scholars with expertise in the social sciences to develop interpretative models for understanding such values as collectivism, kinship, memory, ethnicity, and honour, and to demonstrate how to apply these models to the New Testament texts. Kinship is illuminated by analysis of the Holy Family as well as to early Christian organisations; gender through a study of Paul’s view of women; and landscape and spatiality through a discussion of Jesus of Nazareth. This book is the ideal companion to study of the New Testament.

The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles
The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles

Author: Franklin Scott Spencer

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0687008506

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Introduces literary, historical, and theological issues of Luke and Acts. Biblical texts create worlds of meaning, and invite readers to enter them. When readers enter such textual worlds, which are often strange and complex, they are confronted with theological claims. With this in mind, the purpose of the Interpreting Biblical Texts series is to help serious readers in their experience of reading and interpreting by providing guides for their journeys into textual worlds. The controlling perspective is expressed in the operative word of the title--interpreting. The primary focus of the series is not so much on the world behind the texts or out of which the texts have arisen as on the worlds created by the texts in their engagement with readers. In keeping with the goals of the series, this volume provides an introductory guide to readers of the New Testament books of Luke and Acts. It focuses on both the synchronic and diachronic dimensions of the literature in an effort to acquaint readers with literary, historical, and theological issues that will facilitate interpretation of these important books. F. Scott Spencer is Professor of New Testament at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

The Preface to Luke's Gospel
The Preface to Luke's Gospel

Author: Loveday Alexander

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-10-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780521018814

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Completely re-evaluates the backgound to and provenance of the preface to Luke's Gospel.

The Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles

Author: P.D. James

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 0857861077

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Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James

Mighty in Word and Deed
Mighty in Word and Deed

Author: James B. Shelton

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2000-01-13

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1579103219

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A challenging and comprehensive study of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts; of special interest to those studying Lucan pneumatology or New Testament pneumatology.